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Price vs. Quote — What's the Difference?

Price vs. Quote — What's the Difference?

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Price

A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for one unit of goods or services. In some situation, the price of production has a different name.

Quote

Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person)
He quoted from the scriptures
I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare

Price

The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else.

Quote

Give someone (the estimated price of a job or service)
A garage quoted him £30

Price

The cost at which something is obtained
Believes that the price of success is hard work.
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Quote

Give (a company) a quotation or listing on a stock exchange
A British conglomerate quoted on the London Stock Exchange

Price

The cost of bribing someone
Maintained that every person has a price.

Quote

A quotation from a text or speech
A quote from Wordsworth

Price

A reward offered for the capture or killing of a person
A felon with a price on his head.

Quote

A quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service
Quotes from different insurance companies

Price

(Archaic) Value or worth.

Quote

A quotation or listing of a company on a stock exchange.

Price

To fix or establish a price for
Shoes that are priced at sixty dollars.

Quote

Quotation marks
Use double quotes around precise phrases you wish to search for

Price

To find out the price of
Spent the day pricing dresses.

Quote

To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source
Quoted lines from Shakespeare in his lecture.

Price

The cost required to gain possession of something.

Quote

To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source)
Likes to quote Shakespeare when giving advice.

Price

The cost of an action or deed.
I paid a high price for my folly.

Quote

To cite or refer to for illustration or proof
Quoted statistics to show she was right.

Price

Value; estimation; excellence; worth.

Quote

To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from
The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.

Price

(transitive) To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on.

Quote

To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.

Price

To pay the price of; to make reparation for.

Quote

To give a quotation, as from a book.

Price

To set a price on; to value; to prize.

Quote

A quotation.

Price

To ask the price of.
To price eggs

Quote

A quotation mark.

Price

The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost.
We can afford no more at such a price.

Quote

Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation
"He paused and said, quote, I don't care, unquote.".

Price

Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
Her price is far above rubies.
New treasures still, of countless price.

Quote

A dictum; a saying.

Price

Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
'T is the price of toil,The knave deserves it when he tills the soil.

Quote

A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.

Price

To pay the price of.
With thine own blood to price his blood.

Quote

A quotation mark.

Price

To set a price on; to value. See Prize.

Quote

A summary of work to be done with a set price.
After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.

Price

To ask the price of; as, to price eggs.

Quote

A price set for a financial security or commodity.

Price

The amount of money needed to purchase something;
The price of gasoline
He got his new car on excellent terms
How much is the damage?

Quote

(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
The writer quoted the president's speech.

Price

The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold);
The fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver
He puts a high price on his services
He couldn't calculate the cost of the collection

Quote

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.

Price

Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;
The cost in human life was enormous
The price of success is hard work
What price glory?

Quote

To name the current price, notably of a financial security.

Price

The high value or worth of something;
Her price is far above rubies

Quote

(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.

Price

A reward for helping to catch a criminal;
The cattle thief has a price on his head

Quote

(archaic) To observe, to take account of.

Price

Cost of bribing someone;
They say that every politician has a price

Quote

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

Price

United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

Quote

To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

Price

Determine the price of;
The grocer priced his wares high

Quote

To name the current price of.

Price

Ascertain or learn the price of;
Have you priced personal computers lately?

Quote

To notice; to observe; to examine.

Quote

To set down, as in writing.

Quote

A note upon an author.

Quote

A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Quote

A passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Quote

Repeat a passage from;
He quoted the Bible to her

Quote

Name the price of;
Quote prices for cars

Quote

Refer to for illustration or proof;
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior

Quote

Put quote marks around;
Here the author is quoting his colleague

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